The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.

Arthur's political prospects improved along with his law practice when his patron ex-Governor Morgan was elected to the United States Senate. "


Surplus and the tariff
With high income held over from wartime taxes the federal government had collected more revenue than it had spent since 1866 and by 1882 the surplus had reached $145 million. The next morning Arthur suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and never regained consciousness; he died the following day at the age of 57.

Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Chester Alan Arthur (October 5 1829 – November 18 1886) was the 21st President of the United States (1881–85).